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THE PAST WEEK IN ACTION 17 JUNE 2026: Bam Stops Vargas in 6; Wins by Michel Soro, Wilkens Mathieu, Elif Nur Turhan, Nataly Delgado and Abraham Perez By Eric Armit PhilBoxing.com Tue, 16 Jun 2026  HIGHLIGHTS: JUNE 10 -In the Ivory Coast Michel Soro halts Hassan Mwakinyo to win the vacant IBO middleweight title and there are wins for Kevin Lele Sadjo and Milan Prat. JUNE 11 - In Montreal Wilkens Mathieu stops Esquiva Falcao in eight rounds, Lella Beaudoin outpoints Paulina Angel for the vacant WBA Interim super feather title, Mehmet Unal gets a controversial draw against Yoann Kingolo and Moreno Fendero and Thomas Chabot win JUNE 13 -Jesse Rodriguez stops title holder Antonio Vargas in six rounds to win the WBA bantamweight title to become a three-division champion. Elif Nur Turhan retains the IBF lightweight title and Arturo Cardenas outpoints Jordan Martinez -In Orlando in female title fights Oshae Jones draws with Elia Carranza in an IBF super welter title defence, Tiara Brown outpoints Hannah Rapp in a WBC featherweight title defence, Nataly Delgado beats champion Jasmine Arttiga for the WBA super fly title and Estefany Osorio scores an upset win over champion Evelin Bermudez. JUNE 14 -Abraham Perez gets a split decision over Jonathan Gonzalez for the WBA Interim flyweight title and Jose Pagan and Troy Isley register wins MAJOR SHOWS: JUNE 10 ABIDJAN, IVORY COAST: MIDDLE: MICHEL SORO: (39-4-2) W TKO 9 HASSAN MWAKINYO (25-4). SUPER MIDDLE: KEVIN LELE SADJO (29-1) W PTS 10 ABDUL UBAYA (11-6). SUPER WELTER: MILAN PRAT (30-1) W AMIRI MATUMLA (11-1). Soro vs. Mwakinyo SORO moves up to middleweight and halts Tanzanian MWAKINYO in the ninth round to win the vacant IBO title. Abidjan-born Soro was fighting in his home city for the first time as a professional. Mwakinyo is certainly one of the best boxers in Tanzania but he was outclassed here. Soro controlled the action putting Mwakinyo under strong pressure from the start pacing himself and keeping a sluggish Mwakinyo on the back foot. Soro was well in front and after setting a good pace seemed to ease up in the eighth. His corner told him to pick up the pace again and he did. A left hook sent Mwakinyo into and half way through the ropes. Soro continued to throw punches as Mwakinyo was stuck between the ropes and although the referee came in he let Soro continue to punch Mwakinyo even as Mwakinyo was getting untangled and as the referee put himself between the fighters Soro curved a right around the referee on to Mwakinyo’s head which staggered Mwakinyo and the referee stopped the fight. Ignoring the messy ending Soro was only a punch or two away from ending the fight. At 38 and after 17 years as a pro fighting at super welterweight Soro finally gets a world title at middleweight. He is mandatory challenger to European middleweight champion Bilel Jkitou but whether he wants to go that way or defend his IBO title is to be decided. Mwakinyo had won 16 of his last 17 fights, losing only to Liam Smith, and had inside the distance victories over Sam Egglington and Julius Indong but was well beaten here. Sadjo vs. Ubaya SADJO keeps busy with a unanimous points win over UBAYA. The Tanzanian decided to try to punch with Sadjo which proved a mistake. A right hook floored him in the second and Sadjo continued to land heavily from there. Ubaya was down again at the end of the third but proved courageous and survived the fourth. Sadjo seemed to ease up and Ubaya had good spells over the fifth, sixth and seventh. Sadjo landed heavily again in the eighth and put Ubaya down in the ninth but was also deducted a point for a foul making it a 9-8 round for Sadjo. Sadjo tried hard to finish it before the final bell but Ubaya lasted the distance. No scores available. Third victory for 36-year-old Sadjo since losing on points to Diego Pacheco in December. Ubaya did well considering his lack of experience. Prat vs. Matumla European champion PRAT takes a unanimous decision over competitive Tanzanian MATUMLA for his tenth win in a row. Matumla came out firing hooks in the first and looked to have scored a knockdown but the referee decided it was just a slip so no count. Prat was still having problems with Matumla’s aggression in the second but despite being cut began to find his rhythm in the third. He had his jab working well and found gaps for his straight rights working solidly without taking any chances. Matumla came back into the fight in the seventh and eighth but Prat’s extra experience saw him put Matumla under pressure as he swept the last two rounds. No scores available but the decision was unanimous for Prat. He only won the European title in November so as yet has no mandatory challenger but he is only rated WBO 10 and IBF 14 so has work to do to get near a title shot. Matumla, 21, proved a tougher opponent than anticipated. JUNE 11 MONTREAL, CANADA: SUPER MIDDLE: WILKENS MATHIEU (16-0) W TKO 8 ESQUIVA FALCAO (32-3). SUPER FEATHER: LEILA BEAUDON (15-2) W PTS 10 PAULINA ANGEL (7-3-2). LIGHT HEAVY: MEHMET UNAL (15-0-1) DREW 10 YOANN KONGOLO (18-3-2). SUPER MIDDLE: MORENO FENDERO (15-0) W TKO 8 JONATHAN GONZALEZ (21-2-1). FEATHER: THOMAS CHABOT (13-1). W PTS 10 JOSE SAMPEDRO (13-2-1).  Mathieu vs. Falcao MATHIEU turns in an impressive performance as he stops FALCAO in the eighth round. Mathieu had a slightly longer reach and quicker hands and used those to outbox Falcao in the first. Falcao was determined to take the fight to Mathieu in the second but was met with sharp jabs, lead rights and left hooks to the body. The Brazilian stepped up the pressure in third and had some success but each time Falcao forced him to the ropes Mathieu fought his way off them with lightning quick combinations. As long as the action was in the centre of the ring Mathieu was doing the scoring Falcao managed to back Mathie to the ropes over the fourth, fifth and sixth but kept walking into quick and accurate counters. A left to the head in the seventh had Mathieu slumping sideways along the ropes but again a whole series of punches had Falcao backing off. In the eighth a left hook stunned Falcao and he staggered back to the ropes. Mathieu dove him to a corner and then unleashed a barrage of punches until Falcao dropped to one knee. He climbed up at eight but the referee stopped the fight with Falcao not protesting the stoppage. Mathieu, 21, was talking about a world title fight but with his rating places of WBC 10, WBA 14 and WBO 15 he has work to do before that becomes a realistic hope. Falcao, 36, an Olympian silver medallist from 2012, suffered consecutive defeats against Vincenzo Gualtieri for the vacant IBF middleweight title and fellow Brazilian Herbert Conceicao, a gold medallist at the 2020 Olympics, which have severely dented his standing. Beaudon vs. Angel Quebec’s BEAUDOIN wins a “world title” at the second time as she lifts the vacant WBA Interim title and wins every round against Colombian ANGEL. After taking the first round Beaudoin was cut over her right eye in a clash of heads in the second. The doctor examined the cut at the start of the third and cleared Beaudoin to continue. She was always in charge and the only concerns she had were over the numerous head clashes. Angel survived a punishing seventh and a strong finish from Beaudoin who won on scores of 100-90 on all three cards. Beaudoin lost a wide unanimous decision against Alycia Baumgardner for the IBF, WBA and WBO titles in December. Ayala had been beaten on points by Stehanie Han in a challenge for the WBA light title in August last year. Unal vs. Kongolo Unal retains the WBA and WBC Continental Americas titles with a very dubious majority draw against Switzerland’s KONGOLO. Unal, with 13 inside the distance finishes, seemed determined to win this by knockout but looked flat and found the solid and aggressive Kongolo a tough opponent. Unal was not working to create openings but just firing loose and easily defendable punches. Kongolo looked to have built a good lead and although Unal ,urged on by his frantic corner, ended strongly Kangolo looked to have won big. The judges scored it 95-95 twice and 96-94 for Kongolo but the decision was loudly booed and even Unal’s team were very low key in their celebrations. Kangolo, 38, really a super middleweight won this one. Canadian-based Turk Unal was given a scare and hopefully will take away some lessons from this. Fendero vbs. Gonzalez Montreal-based French southpaw FENDERO stops Puerto Rican GONZALEZ in the eighth. The tough, rugged Fendero was just too young and too strong for the 36-year-old Gonzalez. He floored Gonzalez in the sixth but failed to finish him. He made up for that in the eighth. A left to the body hurt Gonzalez and he backed to the ropes where a left to the head stunned him. Fendero then launched a ferocious barrage of punches and with Gonzalez just soaking up the punishment the referee stopped the fight. Eleventh inside the distance victory for Fendero who was defending the WBC Continental Americas belt. Gonzalez fought for Puerto Rica at the 2008 Olympics. He went 18-0-1 at the start of his professional career but was inactive for ten years between 2014 and 2024 and is now 3-2 since returning. Chabot vs. Sampedro The Eye of the Tiger team get a very narrow win as southpaw CHABOT scores a majority decision over Mexican SAMPEDRO. This was a close entertaining battle which swung back-and-forth with Chabot making the better start only for Sampedro to get stronger and edge ahead. Chabot was not done and he came back taking nthe last to earn a draw, but only just. Scores 96-94 and 97-93 for Chabot and 95-95 and wins the vacant WBC Continental Americas title, his first title. Sampedro was in his first ten round fight. JUNE 13 GLENDALE, AZ, USA: BANTAM: JESSE RODRIGUEZ (24-0) W KO 6 ANTONIO VARGAS (19-2-1, 1ND). SUPER BANTAM: ARTURO CARDENAS (18-0-2) W PTS 10 JORDAN MARTINEZ (16-1-1). LIGHT: ELIF NUR TURHAN (14-0) W PTS 10 GABRIELA TELLEZ (7-1). LIGHT: ELIAS MONTOYA (14-0) W TKO 2 ADRIAN RODRIGUEZ (10-1). SUPER LIGHT TRINI OCHOA (22-1) W TKO 2 CRISTIAN PEREZ (12-5-1).  Rodriguez vs. Vargas Round 1 Rodriguez made the more positive start prodding with right jabs and straight lefts. Vargas was on the back foot looking to counter but Rodriguez scored with a left to the body. Rodriguez continually altered his line of approach and kept Vargas under pressure. When Vargas did come forward Rodriguez slid away and countered with lefts to the body. Score: 10-9 Rodriguez Round 2 Vargas tried to take the fight to Rodriguez but Rodriguez was quicker and Vargas was caught with left hooks. Every time Vargas threw a punch he was caught with counters as Rodriguez again changed angles and threw combinations. Vargas had more success as he got in close connecting with hooks late in the round and then stormed forward behind a stream of punches but Rodriguez had landed the harder shoots and with more accuracy. Score: 10-9 RodriguezRodrigues 20-18 Round 3 Rodriguez was much more mobile dancing around Vargas and firing home single, hard shots. Good work from Vargas in the middle of the round. He was piecing the guard of Rodriguez with jabs and right hooks. He forced Vargas onto the back foot and was firing shots from both hands. Although his punches were not hard the sheer volume was making difficult for Rodriguez to set himself to counter, Score: 10-9 VargasRodriguez 29-28 Round 4 It was close quarters stuff at the start of this. Both were throwing lots of punches but Rodriguez kept ducking and darting past the left of Vargas making it hard for Vargas to land with his right. Vargas kept driving forward but the punches were being blocked by Rodriguez or lacked power. Rodriguez got though with a strong left hook and a fast combination. Score: 10-9 RodriguezRodriguez 39-37 Round 5 Rodriguez picked up the pace in the fifth. He was landing short hooks and suddenly an overhand right floored Vargas. He was up at six and after the eight count Rodriguez hunted down Vargas looking for the finish. Vargas moved and clinched but was caught by a left hook and although still pumping out punches was being driven back by left hooks and was looking ragged. Score: 10-8Rodriguez 49-45 Round 6 A left hook rocked Vargas and he clinched. Rodríguez then drove him around the ring landing short hooks from both hands. Vargas tried to stand and trade but a right followed by a shirt straight left to the head had him slowly collapsing to his knees and then down on his back. The referee counted to seven and seeing Vargas was not getting up he waived the night over. Rodriguez becomes a three-division champion and is 10-0 in championship fights. A fight with Naoya Inoue would be big and that is the aim for Rodriguez but timing is everything. Inoue is 33 and may decide to have a shot at winning a title at featherweight leaving Rodriguez to look for another big fight opponent. Vargas can come again.  Cardenas vs. Martinez CARDENAS wins this battle of unbeaten fighters as he scores an impressive unanimous decision over MARTINEZ after they fought a split draw in February. It was Martinez who was coming forward from the start but Cardenas was jabbing well and catching Martinez with rights, short hooks and uppercuts. Cardenas took control of the fight from the second. His jabbing had Martinez on the back foot and he was landing combinations and hard rights. Martinez was trying to come forward in the third but again he was forced onto the back foot as Cardenas jabbed strongly and was banging home straight lefts and combinations inside. Martinez upped his efforts in the fourth. He was jabbing to the body and coming forward firing sweeping hooks and it was Cardenas on the back foot. Cardenas was back in charge from the fifth. He continued to out-jab and outwork Martinez and put together combinations hurting Martinez with left hooks to the body in the sixth and seventh. The eight also belonged to Cardenas as he stayed on top of Martinez forcing him back around the ring with burst of punches. Martinez was competitive over the early part of the ninth but a left to the body changed the situation and Cardenas dominated the remainder of the round and the tenth. Scores 100-90, 98-92 and 97-93 for Cardenas who was making the fifth defence of the WBC Continental Americas title.  Turhan vs. Tellez TURHAN retains the IBF title with a unanimous decision over TELLEZ. Turhan was the big puncher and she was also 4” taller than the 5’3” Tellez. Smaller but quicker Tellez took the opener as she sped around the perimeter of the ring and was able to dart inside and land punches as Turhan was ignoring defence and swing wide and wild roundhouse punches. Turhan’s power and pressure kept Tellez constantly on the back foot and Turhan landed heavy rights in the second and shook Tellez with a right in the third. Turhan was trying to turn the fight into a brawl and was scoring with heavy rights in the fourth but Tellez continued to circle the ring jabbing and countering taking advantage of the gaps left by the wildly swinging Turhan. The sixth was a good round for Turhan asshe connected with a hard overhand right that had Tellez stumbling and almost going down . The seventh saw Tellez recover and then outbox Turhan in the eighth and even shake Turhan with a right to make it anybody’s fight with two rounds to go. The ninth was a close one but Turhan produced a strong finish taking the tenth by landing a succession of rights. Tellez was badly shaken but got some relief when Turhan wrestled her to the canvas just when another right could have ended the fight. All three cards read 96-94 for Turhan. She is crude and ignores defence counting on her punching power to dominate and intimidate her opponent. She was making the third defence of her IBF title. Tellez at 5’2” is just too small to fight at lightweight but with her stocky build might have trouble getting down to 130 lbs or less.  Montoya vs. Rodriguez MONTOYA from Phoenix halts Glendale’s RODRIGUEZ in a clash of unbeaten fighters. Montoya connected with heavy punches in the first and floored Rodriguez in the second. Rodriguez beat the count and made it to the bell but was reeling under a barrage of punches in the second when the referee stopped the fight. Ninth win by KO/TKO for Montoya in what was the first fight scheduled for ten rounds for both boxers. Ochoa vs. Perez OCHOA starts his rebuild with a second round stoppage of PEREZ. Tenth inside the distance win for Ochoa after losing his unbeaten tag on points against Oscar Alvarez in February. Third consecutive inside the distance defeat for Perez. ORLANDO, FL, USA: LIGHT FLY : ESTEFANY ALEGRIA (15-1) W PTS 10 EVELIN BERMUDEZ (22-2-1). SUPER FLY: NATALY DELGADO (21-7-2) W PTS 10 JASMINE ARTIGA (15-1-1) W. FEATHER: TIARA BROWN (21-0) W PTS 10 HANNAH RAPP (8-1-1). SUPER WELTER: OSHAE JONES (9-0-1) DREW 10 ELIA CARRANZA (11-2-1). BANTAM: JORDAN OROSCO (17-0) W RTD 3 FERNANDO DIAZ (16-8-1). Alegria vs. Bermudez A new champion was crowned as unfancied ALEGRIA outpointed more experienced BERMUDEZ. The speed and work rate of Alegria gave her the upper hand from the start. She was firing fast, accurate combinations and showed a solid defence when Bermudez launched her attacks. Bermudez was never able to establish a toe hold in the fight as Alegria stuck to her game plan of staying on top of Bermudez not allowing her punching room and outfighting her inside. Algeria won on scores of 99-91 twice and 100-90. Mexican Algeria came into the fight as the WBC Silver champion and this win netted her the IBF, WBA and WBO titles. Argentinian Bermudez had lost her IBF and WBO belts on a majority decision to Yokasta Valle in 2022 but subsequently won them back and added the WBO. Delgado vs. Artiga DELGADO wins the WBA title as she outpoints title holder ARTIGA to become Panama’s only current world champion. The 5’0” Delgado was 4” smaller with a shorter reach but she used her speed and clever footwork to take the decision on Scores 97-93 on all three cards. Delgado had won and defended the Interim title before this championship winning effort. She is now 11-0-1 in her last 12 fights. Tampa’s Artiga was making the third defence of the title. Brown vs. Rapp BROWN makes a successful second defence of her WBC title as she works her way to a unanimous decision over novice RAPP. Although Brown had big edges in skill and experience most of the action was close-quarters with Brown working on Rapp’s body. That suited Rapp as she could not hope to match Brown at distance and it allowed her to apply some pressure and rough Brown up inside. Brown was quicker and more accurate with her work inside and at distance but Rappo, although never threatening Brown’s march to victory’ applied enough pressure to make Brown work hard for her win. Scores 99-91 twice and 97-93 . Brown, 38, was a World Championships gold medallist and twice a US National champion. Rapp had won her last 4 bouts. Jones vs. Carranza JONES retains her IBF title with a split draw against CARRANZA. These two had clashed in July last year with Jones holding onto the IBF and IBO titles on a split decision. Their styles presented two very different approaches with Jones by far the better technician and looking to box on the outside using a steady supply of jabs and strong rights to score and nullify Caranza’s constant pressure. There was plenty of back-and-forth action and as long as Jones could keep Carranza out she had the edge. Carranza had a strong weapon in her rights which often put Jones on the back foot. Many rounds were close but Jones looked to have done the better work and to have a slight edge but the judges were divided. Scores 96-94 Jones, 96-94 Carranza and 95-95. When they met in July the scoring showed how strange things can be in boxing with one judge scoring it 98-92 for Jones and another 100-90 for Carranza! Floridian Carranza had put together a run of ten wins before the loss to Jones in July and will be hoping the IBF order a third meeting. Orozco vs. Diaz Nicaraguan puncher OROSCO takes a couple of rounds to get into his stride then punches too hard for DIAZ. The first two rounds belonged to Diaz as he jabbed well and dodged some bombs from Orozco. Orosco caught up with him in the third. He hurt Diaz with a body punch then two hard shot to the head that put Diaz down. He made it to the bell but then retired. Orozco, 21, has won all of his fights inside the distance only once needing to go past the sixth round. JUNE 14 GRAND RAPIDS, MI, USA: FLY: ABRAHAM PEREZ: (15-0) W PTS 12 JONATHAN GONZALEZ (29-5-1). LIGHT: JOSE PAGAN (16-0) W PTS 10 RODOLFO BUSTAMANTE (23-2-1). MIDDLE: TROY ISLEY (16-0) W TKO 5 LEONARDO Di STEFANO (17-8). (19-10-1). HEAVY: BRYANT JENNINGS (27-4) W PTS 8 ROBERT SIMMS (12-7-1).  Perez vs. Gonzalez PEREZ wins a split decision overtitle holder GONZALEZ to lift the Interim WBA title. Southpaw Gonzalez made a fast start coming forward darting inside with jabs and lefts in the first and second. Perez settled in the third using his much longer reach to score at distance and landing some choice body punches with Gonzalez swinging wildly. Perez connect with rights in the fourth and countered Gonzalez as the Puerto Rican looked to find a way past Perez’s jabs. After the fourth two judges had Perez ahead 39-37 and the third judge had it 39-37 for Gonzalez. After a close fifth Perez took the fight to Gonzalez in the sixth and was driving Gonzalez back with right hands as he had his best round so far. Perez had more success in the seventh with body punches Gonzalez needed to get back into the fight and in the eighth managed to get past Perez’s jab to work inside. After the eighth the scores were 78-74 twice for Perez and 76-76. Gonzalez pressed hard in the ninth and looked the fresher man and was outworking Perez but Perez rebounded in a close tenth countering the advancing Gonzalez .Gonzalez showed his strength and just took the eleventh and then swarmed all over Perez in the last. The judges scored it 115-113 twice for Perez and 115-113 for Gonzalez. Pagan vs. Bustamante PAGAN retains the WBO NABO title as he outboxes BUSTAMANTE. Bustamante had a good first round but then hometown fighter Pagan took over from there. He dominated every round and only his lack of power allowed Bustamante to stay in the fight. Scores 100-90, 99-91 and 98-92. Mexican Bustamante had won his last 6 fights. Isley vs. Di Stefano ISLEY returns to action with a stoppage of overmatched Spaniard Di STEFANO to win the vacantWBA Continental Americas title. In his first fight for a year Isley showed no signs of ring rust and had won every round before dropping Di Stefanofano in the fourth. He then scored two more knockdowns in the fifth to force the stoppage. A much needed inside the distance victory for Isley who had won 8 of his previous 9 fights on points. Fourth loss in his last five fights for Di Stefano. Jennings vs. Simms JENNINGS continues his comeback with a points victory over SIMMS. After being out of action for two years Jennings, 41, gets busy with this second win in a month. He floored Simms in the third and won a comfortable unanimous decision on scores of 80-71 twice and 79-71. Jenning’s one world title shot ended on a points loss against Wladimir Klitschko eleven years ago. Now four defeats in a row for 42-year-old Simms. JUNE 12 HURLESTONE, AUSTRALIA: SUPER WELTER: AHMED DIB (23-0) W KO 5 PIPAT CHAIPORN (50-22-2). DIB, 38, continues his comeback with a kayo of Thai CHAIPORN. Dib, a prominent Sydney defence lawyer, was inactive from 2016 to 2022 and again from 2022 to March this year coming down from 181 lbs to 160 lbs over that period. This win is his second this year and thirteenth inside the distance overall. Chaiporn, 40, was a bantamweight when he turned pro in 2005. He was giving away 7 inches in height and this is his ninth loss by KO/TKO. VERONA, NY, USA: FEATHER: VICTOR PASILLAS (19-1) W PTS 10 RYAN ALLEN (12-10-1). CRUISER: KENMON EVANS (15-4-1) W TKO 6 ZACHARY RANDOLPH (13-5-1). Pasillas v. Allen Southpaw PASILLAS wins every round against a resilient Allen. Pasillas was fired up from the start pounding Allen with punches in bunches. Allen soaked up the punishment and was well beaten but refused to crumble but then again was never able to threaten Pasillas. All three cards read 100-90 and Pasillas won the vacant NABA title. Pasillas lost on an eleventh round stoppage against Ra’eese Aleem in 2021 for the WBA Interim super bantam title and was then out of the ring for three years and this is his third win since then. Allen keeps any inside the distance losses off his record Evans vs. Randolph In another fight for a NABA title EVANS floored and stopped RANDOLPH. Evans outboxed Randolph from the start and then dropped him twice in the sixth to end the fight. A left hook caused Randolph to drop to one knee. After the count a right to the heads and as left to the body and a right to the heads saw Randolph drop to a knee again and after starting the count the referee waived the fight over. All Evans losses have come against unbeaten opposition. Second loss by KO/TKO for Randolph. JUNE 13 SAINT BREVIN, FRANCE: SUPER WELTER: YAMIN BARTOLO (11-0) W PTS 10 JOHNNY BERTIN (12-1-2). BARTOLO wins the vacant French title with a narrow unanimous decision over local fighter BERTIN. Scores 95-94 for Bartolo on all three cards. First ten round fight for Bartolo. Bertin had gone undefeated in his first 12 bouts. FLENSBURG, GERMANY: SUPER WELTER: FREDDY KIWITT (30-3) W KO 2 JOSE ARCON (15-2). SUPER FEATHER: LARA OCHMANN (17-2) W PTS 10 AMANDA CHAN (12-1).. MIDDLE: FERDINAND PILZ (28-1) W RTD 5 FLAVIUS BIEA (24-3). KIWITT destroys substitute ARCON in two rounds. Arcon was no kind of test. Kiwitt drove him along the ropes in the second connecting with two left hooks that dropped Arcon heavily and he was counted out. Kiwitt was to have defended his WBO Global title against Ugandan Henry Kasujja but Kasujja had visa trouble. Venezuelan Arcon’s record looks decent at 15-1 but the 15 fighters he beat had only 16 wins between them. Ochmann vs. Chan OCHMANN picked up the WBO International title with a points win over Singapore’s CHAN. Ochmann controlled the fight with her higher level skills jabbing accurately and bossing the action to emerge a clear winner on scores of 99-91 twice and 99-92. Ochmann is hoping to get a shot at Alycia Baumgardner who holds the IBF, WBA and WBO titles. Pilz vs. Biea PILZ beats Romanian BIEA. Pilz got the win when Biea retired after the fifth round apparently due to an arm injury. German Pilz wins the vacant WBA Continental title. Pilz has won his last 12 fights. Biea was having his first fight since being knocked out in the first round by Josh Kelly in June last year. TOPEKA, KS, USA: HEAVY: JOHN CANTRELL (18-0, 2 ND ) W TKO 2 MATTHEW McKINNEY (23-10-2). Hometown fighter CANTRELL stops McKINNEY in the second round and retains the American Boxing Organisation title. Cantrell. 36, has 16 inside the distance but against poor opposition. McKinney, 45, had won his last 4 fights but against even poorer opposition. ATLANTIC CITY, NJ, USA : SUPER LIGHT : WILLMANK BRITO (14-10-2) W TKO 4 DAIYAAN BUTT (20-5). HEAVY: JOSH POPPER (8-0) W KO 1 BRUCE SELDON JR (8-1). Brito vs. Butt Minor upset as Venezuelan BRITO halts BUTT in four rounds. Both fighters were in need of a win but the 6’0” Butt never really settled against 5’4 ½” southpaw Brito and was floored in the fourth. He made it to his feet but was down again and the referee stopped the fight. Brito, 38, was 1-9 in his last 10 fights and Butt had lost his last two. Popper vs. Seldon POPPER wipes out SELDON. Popper was the bigger and heavier man and had won six of his fights inside the distance five in the first round. It is six now as he finished Seldon in 30 seconds. After a couple of probing jabs Popper connected with a left hook to Seldon’s chin. Seldon wobbled back and Popper stepped forward and landed another left to the head that flattened Seldon and the referee immediately waived the fight over. Beating the son of the former WBA heavyweight champion will give Popper’s profile quite a lift. Seldon, 33, may find it hard to recover from such a heavy kayo. 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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