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THE PAST WEEK IN ACTION 8 SEPTEMBER 2025: Nunez Outpoints Diaz; Iglesias Stops Shishkin; Valdez, Conlan Register Wins in Return By Eric Armit PhilBoxing.com Tue, 09 Sep 2025  Nunez (L) connects at Diaz. HIGHLIGHTS: -Eduardo Nunez retains the IBF super featherweight belt with a points win over Christopher Diaz-Velez and rated super flyweight Pedro Guevara is held to a draw by Alexis Molina. -Osleys Iglesias stops Vladimir Shishkin in IBO super middleweight title defence and Dzmitry Asanau knocks out Laid Douadi - Former champion Oscar Valdez returns and outpoints Richard Medina -Michael Conlan returns to action and stops Jack Bateson in four rounds and Charlie Edwards outpoints Salvador Jimenez -In Kazakhstan Ali Akhmedov outpoints Tanzanian super middleweight Joseph Maigwisya and super lightweight Zhankosh Turarov decisions Filipino Ali Canega -Pat McCormack and Troy Williamson score inside the distance wins -Craig Derbyshire successfully defends the Commonwealth light flyweight title on points against Liam Dring MAJOR SHOWS: SEPTEMBER 4 MONTREAL, CANADA: SUPER MIDDLE: OSLEYS IGLESIAS (14-0) W TKO 8 VLADIMIR SHISHKIN (16-2). LIGHT: DZMITRY ASANAU (11-0) W TKO 2 LAID DOUADI (27-0-1). SUPER LIGHT: JHON OROBIO (15-0) W TKO 3 IVAN MONROY (10-9). LIGHT: AVERY DUVAL( (14-0-1) W KO 5 LUIS CAMPOS (11-11). SUPER MIDDLE: MORENO FENDERO (12-0) W KO 3 BORIS CRIGHTON (13-6). SUPER LIGHT: WYATT SANFORD (4-0) W PTS 6 SEMJON KAMANIN (5-4). 
Iglesias vs. Shishkin IGLESIAS stops SHISHKIN in the eighth round to successfully retain the IBO title and win an IBF eliminator. Southpaw Iglesias won every round before stopping Shishkin in the eighth. Iglesias made a good start using his faster hands to land right jabs and was also effective with rights curled around Shishkin’s guard. He forced Shishkin to the ropes and blasted him with shots from both hands. Shishkin had some success with a couple of rights but was driven back by lightning quick combinations. Shishkin jabbed well at the start of the second but a straight right staggered him and Iglesias landed some blazing combinations. The third was a more even round as Shishkin again jabbed strongly but a sneaky right uppercut shook him and he was rocked by a combination at the end of the round. Iglesias banged home a right uppercut at the start of the fourth. Shishkin kept trying to get on the front foot and Iglesias was less effective when being forced back but again he kept piercing Shishkins guard with bursts of punches. Shishkin had started every round strongly and he did so again in the fifth. He took Iglesias out of his stride by taking the fight inside when he could nullify the Cuban’s power and he was outworking the champion . Iglesias was fighting in bursts firing three or four punches at a time but Shishkin was able to get on the front foot and Iglesias looked to be slowing. Shishkin was picking away at Iglesias with jabs in the seventh and was forcing the fight. Some of the fire had gone out of the Cuban’s attacks and there were only flashes of the power shots he had dominated the fight with earlier. That changed at the start of the eighth as Iglesias cracked Shishkin with a straight left. Shishkin’s legs did a little dance and another left sent him reeling along the ropes. Iglesias landed some more heavy shots but Shishkin dodged others before again being driven along the ropes under fire. He tried to hold but Iglesias shook him off and another savage bombardment saw the referee jump in to save Shishkin. With Shishkin IBF No 2 and Iglesias No 3 this win makes Iglesias the mandatory challenger for IBF title against the winner of Saul Alvarez vs. Terence Crtawford. The winner of Alvarez vs. Crawford will hold the IBF, WBA, WBC and WBO titles but neither Iglesias or Shishkin were rated by the WBA or WBO and Iglesias was only No 6 with the WBC. The IBF could threaten the winner of Alvarez vs. Crawford to face Iglesias or be stripped. Asanau vs. Douadi Belarusian ASANAU showed unexpected power as he defeated unbeaten Frenchman DOUADI on a third round knockout. Douadi had even less power and the lanky Asanau controlled the action with strong jabbing and straight rights. In the third Asanau drove Douadi back with rights and then dug home a left hook the Douadi’s body. Douadi dropped to a knee and was counted out. Asanau, who won a silver medal at the European Games and a bronze at the World Championships, dips back into the amateurs for major tournaments. He was defending the WBC Continental Americas and won the vacant IBF Inter-Continental title. Douadi was to have met Maxi Hughes for the vacant European title in Sheffield in November but this loss rules him out. Orobio vs. Monroy Colombian OROBIO, 22,marches on with a third round victory over Mexican MONROY. Orobio dropped Monroy twice in the first round but Monroy made it to the bell. Orobio handed out more punishment in the second before ending the fight in the third. A right to the head had Monroy stumbling into a corner and Orobio bombarded Monroy with punches until the referee stopped the fight. First defence of the WBC Continental Americas title and thirteenth victory by KO/TKO for Orobio. Third defeat in a row for Monroy Duval vs. Campos Former top amateur DUVAL stops Mexican CAMPOS in the fifth. Duval dominated the action but, Campos, who had won his last seven fights, was competitive over the first four rounds. As Campos came forward in the fifth Duval landed a fierce left to the body of Campos. Campos took a step forward then dropped to his knees doubled over with pain. He got up but was sent down twice more before the referee counted him out. Duval, a three-time Canadian amateur champion, gets his eighth win by KO/TKO. Fendero vs. Crighton Canadian-based French southpaw FENDERO punches too hard for Scot CRIGHTON. The Scot was under heavy pressure over the first two and Fendero found the finisher in the third. As Crighton tried to move inside Fendero met him with a well-times right uppercut which sent Crighton down heavily. He beat the count but a solid right followed by a left hook put him down again and he was counted out. Sixth inside the distance win in a row for mighty-muscled Fendero with all six wins coming in the first three rounds. Crighton’s losses had come against tough opposition in Steve Woodall, Callum Simpson and Craig Richards. Sanford vs. Kamanin Southpaw SANFORD wins all six rounds against Estonian KAMANIN as all three judges turned in 60-54 cards. Six rounds of useful work for the Olympic bronze and Pan American Games gold medallist. All four of Kamani’s losses have come on points in the other guy’s back yard. SEPTEMBER 6 LOS MOCHIS, MEXICO: SUPER FEATHER: EDUARDO NUNEZ (29-1) W PTS 12 CHRISTOPHER DIAZ-VELEZ (30-6). SUPER FLY: PEDRO GUEVARA (43-5-2) DREW 10 ADRIAN CURIEL (26-6-2). FLY: YOALI MEJIA (14-0) W TKO 6 GERMAN VALENZUELA (17-8, 1 ND). 
Nunez vs. Diaz-Velez NUNEZ retains the IBF title with a unanimous decision in a total war against DIAZ. This one started slow then built to a pitch that makes it a candidate for Fight of the Year. Both fighters were cautious in the first with Diaz doing the better work with some accurate jabbing. Nunez began the second well firing overhand rights but Diaz was again working well with his jab as the round ended. The fight caught fire in the third. Diaz connected with an overhand right that shook Nunez but Nunez scored to the body inside and he in turn rocked Diaz with a left hook as the traded heavy shots. Nunez missed with a hard right swinging himself off balance and his gloves brushed the canvas but no count. Nunez upped his work rate in the fourth. He was jabbing solidly and landing combinations to the body of Diaz and getting out before Diaz could counter. There were some fierce exchanges with Diaz connecting with an uppercut late in the round and Nunez responding with a left hook. Diaz had a better fifth. He was finding gaps with his jabs and putting together some flashing combinations . Nunez fired home some hard hooks to the body but Diaz ended the round with a right and a left hook. This was two-way action of the highest quality. Nunez dominated the sixth. He was pouring on the punches forcing Diaz onto the defensive and he connected with combinations to head and body. Nunez had an even better seventh. He landed a right which was slightly off target landing between the neck and the shoulder of Diaz but it knocked Diaz off balance and he put his gloves on the canvas resulting in a count. Later in the round a right to the head sent Diaz back and down on his rump and again the referee applied a count making it a big 10-7 round for Nunez. Diaz had ground to make up after that disastrous seventh and he drove forward throughout the eighth unleashing combinations to the body and outworking Nunez. Diaz seemed to go off the boil and Nunez dominated the exchanges in the ninth. Diaz was again looking to drag himself back into the fight with a good round in the tenth. He forced Nunez onto the back foot and landed some brutal body shots but Nunez was still dangerous and he landed some hard left hooks in some more brutal exchanges. Nunez had a small cut above his left eye but it was not a factor. With the fight seemingly in the balance nether fighter wanted to take a step back and they went toe-to-toe for both of the closing rounds with Diaz having enough success to have made it very close despite the 10-7 round. The judges saw it very different-not close at all- in that they scored it 117-109 twice and 116-110 for Nunez. The correct winner but the width of the scores were an injustice to Diaz. Nunez was making the first defence of the IBF title he won with a victory over Masanori Rikiishi in May. He has no mandatory challenger but WBO champion Emanuel Navarrete was in attendance and that would be a great clash of Mexican punchers as they have 59 wins by KO/TKO between them. Diaz had lost in two previous shots at the super featherweight title against Navarrete and Masayuki Ito. He had lost a decision against Henry Lebron in December but was slipped into the IBF ratings in June as a reward for beating a guy with an 9-10 record in April. 
Guevara vs. Molina A disappointing performance from former WBC light flyweight champion GUEVARA as he is held to a draw by MOLINA. This was a close hard-fought contests pitting the experience of Guevara against the youthful aggression of Molina. Guevara was content to fight on the back foot using accurate counter punches to offset Molina’s higher work rate. There were no real highlights with neither fighter dominant. Molina put in a big effort over the closing rounds but he was wild with his attacks allowing Guevara to score some impressive counters and edge those rounds. Scores 97-93 Molina, 96-94 Guevara and 95-95. This makes Guevara’s No 8 rating with the WBC look very generous. Molina’s loss came against 23-4 Christian Medina in November Mejia vs. Valenzuela MEJIA chalks up another win as he stops VALENZUELA in the sixth. Mejia slowly broke Valenzuela down stepping up the pressure in round after round. At the end of the fifth Valenzuela’s corner warned him they would pull him out if he continued to take punishment and as he was under fire in the sixth they stopped the fight. Eleventh win by KO/TKO for Mejia. Fifth loss in his last six fights for Valenzuela. SEPTEMBER 5 DUBLIN, IRELAND: FEATHER: MICHAEL CONLAN (20-3) W TKO 4 JACK BATESON (20-2-1). SUPER FLY: CHARLIE EDWARDS (21-2) W PTS 10 SALVADOR JUAREZ (20-10-2). SUPER LIGHT: BEN MARKSBY (13-0) W PTS 10 SENAN KELLY (10-0). WELTER: KIERAN MOLLOY (12-0) W TKO 3 NOURDEEN TOURE (12-5). 
Conlan vs. Bateson CONLAN returns to action and stops BATESON in the fourth. In his first fight since March Conlan made a studied start over the first two rounds. Fighting mainly out of a crouch and constantly switching guards Conlan boxed with reasonable caution working his opening and taking no chances. Bateson showed good skills firing jabs and occasional rights but not looking to stand and trade as he is not a power puncher. In the third Conlan saw an opening and connected with a right which knocked Bateson off balance and forced him to touch the canvas with his gloves to steady himself. That same punch did the trick for Conlan in the fourth as a right cross sent Bateson down. He fell awkwardly and damaged his ankle and although he made it to his feet he was unable to continue. Conlan collects the vacant WBC International title as he seeks a third shot at a world title. All three of his losses have come inside the distance, two in world title fights. Bateson had lost on a twelfth stoppage against Shabaz Masoud in 2022 but then scored three wins and fought a technical draw. Edwards vs. Juarez EDWARDS proves too quick and too slick for Mexican JUAREZ as he wins the vacant WBC International title. Edwards established his jab early and used his quicker hand speed to pierce the guard of Juarez varying his work to head and body. Juarez has plenty of experience but he had difficulty chasing down the elusive Edwards but he stuck to his task and enjoyed occasional success. This was always a good bet to go the distance as neither fighter is a big puncher and that suited Edwards who won on scores of 99-91 twice and a very strange 96-94 . Edwards, a former WBC flyweight champion, had lost an upset decision against Andrew Cain in March for the British, Commonwealth and WBC Silver bantamweight belts but looked more comfortable down at super fly. Juarez had lost to Victor Reyes in previous shot at the WBC International bantam title and made Edwards work hard for his win. Marksby vs. Kelly MARKSBY takes a close decision over Irish champion KELLY. Marksby constituted a much higher level of opposition that Kelly had faced so far. Both had some success in the first with Marksby’s jab just giving him the edge. Kelly pushed forward and scored well in the second and early in the third but with Marksby ending the round well to make it close. Marksby’s better boxing and skilful jabbing saw him take over and build a lead. Kelly came back into the fight with a strong seventh landing a burst of hard shots. He continued to pressure Marksby and to eat into Marksby’s lead but Marksby finished strong to get the decision 97-95 on the referee’s card Molloy vs. Toure Easy night for MOLLOY as he finishes overmatched Finnish-based Ghanaian TOURE in three rounds. He floored Toure in the second and again in the third before the referee stopped the fight. The Galway southpaw was a three-time Irish amateur champion and has seven wins by KO/TKO. Third loss by KO/TKO for Toure. ALMATY, KAZAKHSTAN: SUPER LIGHT: ZHANKOSH TURAROV (29-0) W PTS 10 ALI CANEGA (12-3-1). SUPER MIDDLE: ALI AKHMEDOV (24-2) W PTS 10 JOSEPH MAIGWISYA (14-5). SUPER FLY: BALAUSSA MUZDIMAN (9-0) W TKO 4 MAMTA SINGH (11--1). Turarov vs. Canega Former undefeated IBO champion TURAROV returns to action and floors gutsy Filipino CANEGA three times on the way to a unanimous decision. The first round was almost a disaster for Canega. He was floored by a left hook in the first thirty seconds of the fight and suffered a bad cut over his left eye in a clash of heads. Turarov fired a battery of punches, some obviously aimed at the injury, trying to finish the fight. Canega bravely fought back and made it to the bell. From the second Turarov adopted a counter punching approach which allowed Canega to march forward in every round firring long jabs and landing right crosses. Turarov only fought in short bursts but his power was obvious. Canega’s corner did a good job on the cut but it opened again in the seventh, Canega continued to take the fight to Turarov but by the eighth his face was covered in blood. He looked very tired but he kept fighting. In the tenth with the side of his face a mask of blood Canega was totally gassed and he was sent down to his knees by a left to the body. He was up at eight and Turarov blasted him with heavy single shots until with eight seconds to go a right to the head sent Canega down again. Once more he dragged himself upright at eight and the bell had already gone. The scores were 100-87 twice and 100-88 for Turarov. With a 10-8 first round and 10-7 last Turarov probably deserved the win but for many of the rounds Canega outworked him and to not be given even one round was ridiculous. This was Turarov’s first fight since December 2023. He had to deal with being involved in a shooting and accused of rape but he was exonerated in the shooting and the rape case was closed last year. Akhmedov vs. Maigwisya AKHMEDOV boxes his way to a win against Tanzanian MAIGWISYA. Not a very impressive performance by Akhamedov. He boxed steadily one-paced for the first three rounds without really putting Maigwisya under heavy pressure. He was just working the jab and stepping in with combinations but not sustaining his attacks. It seemed he had too much power and skill to be troubled by Maigwisya’s wild swinging forays but it was untidy and a bit of a snoozer as a fight. Maigwisya did enough to make the fifth close and looked to have taken the sixth as he outworked Akhmedov often driving him back with jabs and swinging hooks. Maigwisya continued to surge forward in the seventh with Akhmedov looking uncomfortable under the pressure but he then piled forward enraged by that pressure and a wild brawl ensued with Maigwisya being deducted a point for holding. Akhmedov steadied himself in the eighth. He was picking up the points but still resorting to pub brawl wild rights and had swelling under his left eye. Akhmedov went back to his boxing in the ninth scoring with jabs and hooks from both hands. Maigwisya was deducted another point in the tenth for a low punch and Akhmedov did enough to take the round but it was a poor performance by the WBO No 14. No scores available. He was coming off a stoppage loss against Maciej Sulecki in a fight for the vacant WBC Silver middleweight title in February and this performance did nothing to enhance his profile. Maigwisya’s four previous losses had all come against unbeaten fighters in their territory but he should not have given Akhmedov the tough time he did. Muzdiman vs. Singh MUZDIMAN wins the vacant UBO title with a fourth round stoppage of SINGH in a farce. Muzdiman Had around 6” in height and almost the same in reach over India’s Singh who had only the most basic of skill and relied on wild swipes. Muzdiman scored knockdowns in the first and second rounds and Singh was allowed to take a disgraceful amount of punishment in the third. After Singh bent under a stream of punches in the fourth and put both gloves on the canvas the referee mercifully stopped the massacre. Approving this as a title fight says everything about the UBO. Muzdiman got her sixth inside the distance finish. The seven fighters Singh had beaten had just one win between them.! WASHINGTON DC, USA: LIGHT: RENE TELLEZ (22-5) W PTS 10 JORDAN WHITE (19-2). FEATHER: SULAIMAN SEGAWA (18-5-1) W TKO 7 BRYAN ACOSTA (20-2,1 ND). LIGHT: LUIS TORRES (22-1) W TKO 9 JONHATAN CARDOSO (18-2). Tellez vs. White TELLEZ beats local favourite WHITE on a unanimous decision. Despite failing to make the weight Tellez looked sharper from the start and he took the fight to White and rocked him with a right in the second. He attacked hard in the third landing to the body and bring blood from White’s nose in the third. White had a better fourth but was floored by a right in the fifth. Tellez kept up the pressure over the sixth and the seventh and White looked to be tiring. He also had a hand injury but dug deep and finished strongly to claw back some of the lead Tellez had built but ran out of rounds and Tellez was a deserving winner on scores of 97-92, 95-93 and 95-94. Since Tellez failed to make the weight he could not win the vacant NABF title . He had lost back-to-back fights against Floyd Scholfield and Eduardo Hernandez so an important win for him. White, who beat Ray Muratalla in the amateurs, had a 15-bout winning streak snapped. Segawa vs. Acosta Seasoned southpaw SEGAWA stops ACOSTA in the seventh. Ugandan Sewgawa used clever boxing to off-set the aggression of Mexican Acosta. As Acosta took the fight to Segawa the Ugandan was slipping and sliding away from Acosta’s punches and feeding him hard, accurate counters. Segawa shook Acosta with a right in the second but Acosta improved from there and looked to have hurt Segawa in the fifth. Segawa shook that off and was getting the better of the exchanges before he decked Acosta with an uppercut in the seventh. Acosta got up and went straight back into the fight but was under heavy fire and the referee stopped the fight at the bell. Segawa, 34, came through three hard fights in 2024 losing to Mirco Cuello, beating 22-1 Ruben Villa and losing a majority decision to current WBC interim champion Bruce Carrington. After winning his first 20 fights Acosta lost a very close decision (including 95-94 twice) in February to Ramon Cadenas who challenged Naoya Inoue for the four super bantamweight titles in May. Torres vs. Cardoso Mexican southpaw TORRES scores a late stoppage of CARDOSO to win the WBA Continental Americas title. The early rounds in this fight were fairly even with Cardoso having the better defensive skills and faster hands and Torres relying on a focused body attack. Cardoso began to take control over the middle rounds as he was able to box at distance and was landing useful left hook counters. The fight changed in the eighth as Torres put a tiring Cardoso under heavy pressure and had him bleeding from the nose. In the ninth a left from Torres sent Cardoso down hard. Cardoso made it to his feet but Torres jumped on him bombarding him with punches and the referee stopped the fight in the last second of the round. Thirteenth inside the distance victory and fourth win in a row for Torres including beating former WBA champion Nicholas Walters in March. Cardoso had won his last four fights. ESCANABA, MI, USA : WELTER: JOEY SPENCER( 20-2) W PTS 10 CHRIS HOWARD (18-6-1). SPENCER gets back into the winners enclosure as he outpoints HOWARD. No scores available First fight for Spencer since suffering a fourth round stoppage against a returning Tim Tszyu in April. Fourth loss in a row for Howard. BETHLEHEM, PA, MIDDLE: EURI CEDENO (13-0-1) TKO 2 LUIS FLOREZ (27-35,2 ND). LIGHT: ATIF OBERLTON (13-0) W RTD 6 CHOWN SIMS (10-2), Cedeno vs. Florez Dominican southpaws CEDENO gets another quick win as he stops JONES in the second round. Olympian Cedeno has scored 12 of his 13 wins by KO/TKO. He competed at the Tokyo Olympics but went out at the quarter-final stage with the three judges giving Cuban star Arlen Lopez the majority decision. Colombian Florez came in as a substitute and has lost 10 of his last 11 fights. Oberton vs. Sims OBERTON shows he is ready for better opposition as he beats SIMS on a sixth round retirement. The 6’3” southpaw, a National Golden Gloves champion in 2016 and 2018, gets his fifth win in a row by KO/TKO. Sims had won his last eight fights. SEPTEMBER 6 NOGALES, MEXICO: SUPER FEATHER: OSCAR VALDEZ (33-3) W PTS 10 RICHARD MEDINA (16-4). SUPER BANTAM JOSE RAMIREZ (23-2-1) TEC DRAW 3 JOSE AMARO (12-0-2). SUPER BANTAM: ANGEL PATRON (18-0) W RTD 2 CARLOS VARGAS (18-3). 
Valdez vs. Medina In his first fight since suffering a sixth round kayo against Emanuel Navarrete in a WBO title fight in December VALDEZ wins a unanimous decision over MEDINA. Valdez was sharp at the start. He was piercing Medina’s guard with jabs digging in left hooks to the body and delivering clubbing rights. Medina, 24, looked out of his depth as Valdez took the opening two rounds. That changed in the third as Medina strode forward behind his jab firing hooks from both hands. He had Valdez on the back foot and although Valdez was landing heavy counters Medina was walking through them and Valdez found himself under pressure over the third and fourth. Valdez again used his jab to control the action in the fifth but was having to work hard as Medina kept pushing out punches. Medina outworked Valdez over fifth and sixth. Valdez just could not stop the forward march of Medina and was being forced to the ropes and holding to smother Medina’s punches. It was a battle between the quantity of punches coming from Medina and the less frequent but harder and more accurate punches from Valdez. The relentless pressure from Medina saw him gradually build a lead and by the end of the eighth Valdez was in danger of losing this fight. With his superior experience Valdez produce a strong finish but it did not looked to be enough. The judges saw it very differently and scored it 100-90, 98-92 and 97-93 for Valdez keeping his career alive but the hard fight he was given by relative novice Medina is not a good sign. Merdina was much better than his record suggested as he was only 3-3 in his previous six fights. Ramirez vs. Amaro A disappointing end sees the fight between RAMIREZ and AMARO declared a No Decision due to a cut over Ramirez’s left eye lid which was caused by a clash of heads. Ramirez had looked to be control before the stoppage. Patron vs, Vargas PATRON continues to progress as VARGAS retires at the end of the second round. Vargas had cuts on both eye brows and did not come out for the third. Patron, 22, gets his thirteen inside the distance win HOUGHTON-LE-SPRING, ENGLAND: WELTER: PAT McCORMACK (8-0) W TKO 9 MIGUEL PARRA (25-6-1). SUPER MIDDLE: TROY WILLIAMSON (21-4-1) W TKO 9 MARK DICKINSON (8-2). LIGHT: CAMERON VUONG (8-0) W PTS 8 REUQUEN ARCE (18-21-2).WELTER: SANDY RYAN (8-3-1) W PTS 10 JADE GRIERSON (5-011). 
McCormack vs. Parra A dazzling display sees McCORMACK outclass PARRA in this WBA eliminator. From the first round McCormack cracked open the tall Mexican’s defence with accurate shots from a variety of angles. Parra was never able to capitalise on his longer reach as he was bewildered by the speed and variety of McCormack’s punches and all he was able to show was durability. Parra tried to get inside but he was either met with sharp counters or McCormack just slid away from Parra’s punches. McCormack was warned for a low left hook in the third but Parra was spending more and more time against the ropes under fire. After handing out severe punishment in the fifth McCormack again landed low in the sixth and was deducted a point. Parra was in survival mode in the seventh as McCormack drove him back with jabs and rights. McCormack again landed with heavy rights in the eighth and with Parra reeling a stoppage looked near. McCormack trapped him in a corner at the end of the round and unleashed a savage torrent of punches and Parra did not come out for the tenth. McCormack was defending the WBA Inter-Continental belt and gets his sixth win by KO/TKO. An Olympic silver medal winner he beat current IBF super lightweight champion Richardson Hitchins in the amateurs and has talent and power. He is capable of beating any welterweight with the possible exception at this time of Brian Norman. Parra came in on the back of three wins against modest opposition but had only lost on a very close split decision against WBA No 1 Shakhram Giyasov in July last year. Dickinson vs. Williamson WILLIAMSON rebounds from a run of defeats with a convincing ninth round stoppage of DICKINSON. The fight went ahead despite Dickinson coming in 5 ¼ lbs overweight. He was stripped of his English title and the vacant English title was only on the line for Williamson. That weight difference would have only been wider by fight time and Dickinson made good use of that advantage rocking Williamson in the first with a hard right. Dickinson also dominated the second round getting the better of some fierce exchanges. The third was more even as Williamson began to match Dickinson inside and both had success over the fourth and fifth as the action continued to provide plenty of entertainment. The pace slowed a little in the sixth with Williamson working away at Dickinson’s body as Dickinson seemed to be tiring. Dickinson landed two hard hooks to the head in the eighth but Williamson shook them off and Dickinson was holding more and punching less, continually bulling Williamson to the ropes but doing no work inside. Williamson was jabbing hard and landing rights at the start of the ninth. As they traded punches Williamson landed a left hook to the head and Dickenson seemed to freeze in front of Williamson with both hands down and Williamson connected with a booming right to Dickinson’s unprotected jaw sending Dickinson down on his back. He rolled over and got to his feet and the referee decided to let the fight continue but as Williamson walked forward and landed a right the referee stepped in and stopped the fight. After two losses in the UK Williamson took a fight in Las Vegas in April against 13-1-1 Jahi Tucker but was dropped twice and lost a wide points decision. Hopefully this victory will kick start his career again. Vuong vs. Arce VUONG easily outboxes Argentinian loser ARCE. Vuong had no problem dealing with the crude and slow Arce. He found plenty of gaps for his jab and right crosses and used smart foot work and clever upper body movement to frustrate Arce. It was just really eight rounds of work as Arce lacked the technique to pose any danger. The referee scored it 80-72 giving every round to WBO European champion Vuong. Tenth loss in his last eleven fights for Arce. Ryan vs. Grierson Former WBO champion RYAN has too much skill and too much experience for GRIERSON. Ryan was in charge from the start and only her lack of power allowed Grierson to last the distance. Ryan’s output dropped in the sixth, a good round for Grierson, but Ryan picked up the pace again and as Grierson tired Ryan looked to settle for getting ten rounds under her belt. Scores 100-90, 99-91 and 98-92. Ryan suffered consecutive losses against Mikaela Mayer which cost her the WBO belt and this is her first fight since the March loss to Mayer. Grierson was going ten rounds for the first time so good experience. ILAGAN, PHILIPPINES: SUPER FEATHER: JONNIEL LAURENTE (12-3-1) W PTS 12 JHON GEMINO (25-20-1). Southpaw LAURENTE wins the vacant Philippines title with a wide unanimous decision over GEMINO. Laurente had the superior skills and lots of height and reach over the 5’3” Gemino. Scores 118-112 twice and 119-111. ALFRETON, ENGLAND: LIGHT FLY: CRAIG DERBYSHIRE (12-29-4) W PTS 12 LIAM DRING (11-2). DERBYSHIRE retains the Commonwealth title as he gets a unanimous decision over DRING. Derbyshire won a stirring contest on scores of 117-111 twice and 116-112., Nice to see a true journeyman such as Derbyshire holding a major title. LOWELL, MA, USA: FEATHER: KEVIN WALSH (18-0) W TKO 1 ANGEL LUNA (19-17-1). SUPER WELTER: MICHAEL FONTANEZ (12-0-1) DREW 8 ESNEIKER CORREA (16-6-2). Walsh vs. Luna WALSH blasts out LUNA in the first round. A savage burst of punches sent Luna down. He made it to his feet but another barrage ended by a left hook sent him down for the second time and the fight was over after just 80 seconds. In his fight in May last year Walsh had scored a win over 20-2 Tramane Williams. Third inside the distance loss in a row for Luna. Fontanez vs. Correa Southpaw Fontanez and Venezuelan Correa fought to an eight round majority draw. Scores 76-76 twice and 77-75 for Fontanez. EDINBURG, TX, USA: SUPER FEATHER: ERIDSON GARCIA (21-1) W TKO 3 CRISTIAN PEREZ (12-3-1). Dominican GARCIA overcomes a scare to stop PEREZ in a wild third round. Garcia used his physical advantages to take the first two rounds. In the third a booming left to the head staggered Garcia and he looked badly hurt. As Perez tried to capitalise on that Garcia connected with a pair of uppercut that turned the fight around and the referee came in to save a helpless Perez. Garcia’s only loss came on a shocking first round kayo against Jordan White in 2023. This is his fourth win since then including a decision against 17-1 William Foster III. He wins the WBO NABO belt. Perez was 13-1 in his last 14 bouts. LYNCHBURG, VA, USA: MIDDLE: AUSTIN DEANDA (17-0) W TKO 7 JESSIE LINTON (28-11-3). Neighbourhood hope DEANDA stops LINTON in the seventh. Deanda found Linton an easy target and gradually broke him down. Linton lacked the speed or the skill to trouble Deanda who picked Linton apart in round after round. By the seventh Linton’s face was a bloodied mess and the referee stopped the fight. Eleventh inside the distance win for the 22-year-old “Native Nightmare”. Only the second fight in six years for Linton. 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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