Alexis Rocha and Raul Curiel went 12 tough rounds that saw their welterweight bout end in a majority draw on Saturday night in Ontario, CA. One judge had it 116-112 for Rocha while the other two saw it 114-114.
Rocha (25-2-1, 16 KO’s) is ranked #2 by the WBO and #9 by the WBC while holding the NABO belt. Curiel (15-0-1, 13 KO’s) hold the NABF title and is ranked #5 (WBC), and #10 (IBF).
Both fighters called for a rematch immediately after the fight.
Photo: Lance Pugmire
Rafael Espinoza (26-0, 22 KOs) defended his WBO featherweight title for the second time, this time against the man he won it from last year, Robeisy Ramirez, with a TKO6 on Saturday night in Phoenix, AZ. Ramirez waved off the fight himself just after the start of the sixth round due to double vision in his right eye.
Espinoza was coming on after a slow start in the first two rounds where Ramirez was able to have success with constant movement and rapid fire attacks on the inside before moving away. Espinoza stepped up the action in round three and slowed Ramirez’ progress the rest of the way.
I’ll be following along on the Netflix event tonight with fight results and some commentary on the Serrano-Taylor rematch as well as the headliner.
JAKE PAUL UD8 OVER MIKE TYSON
Pretty underwhelming. Either you like the “event” or you don’t. I’m ok with it. Mike had very little and Jake went easy on him. Fair enough. We got a couple of great fights on the undercard and a lot of eyes were on boxing tonight. Just my personal opinion but this new era of boxing is going quite well. Events such as
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Results from Turning Stone Casino in Verona, NY
O’SHAQUIE FOSTER SD12 over ROBSON CONCEICAO
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O’Shaquie Foster earned a 12-round split decision over Robson Conceicao to win back the WBC super featherweight title on Friday night in Verona, NY. The fight was very close, as was their last one despite the narrative surrounding that one, but Foster did enough to earn the nod this time. Official scores were 115-113 Foster, 115-113 Conceicao, 115-113 Foster.
Light heavyweight Padraig McCrory improved to 19-1 with 9 KOs with a points win over Leonard Carrillo (17-6, 16 KOs) on Friday in Belfast, Northern Ireland. McCrory scored a knockdown in round one but ended up with a 10-round decision. This was the 36-year old McCrory’s first action since a stoppage loss to Edgar Berlanga in February.
Full story on BoxingScene.com by Tris Dixon here:
Padriag McCrory outscores Leonard Carrillo in ProBox TV’s Belfast debut – Boxing News
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PROBOXTV staged their wildly successful Wednesday night fights again this week and had another series of hotly contested bouts. The headliner saw Shurretta Metcalf win the IBF bantamweight title from Miyo Yoshida with a 10-round unanimous decision. Metcalf also beat Yoshida by decision last year before Yoshida had the title.
Lightweight Mykquan Williams was the star of the night as he showed a wide array of skills in stopping Lavisas Williams in eight rounds. Mykquan scored two knockdowns at the end of the first round and outboxed his foe consistently the rest of the way. Lavisas Williams battled valiantly throughout, but was outworked by his skillful opponent. A third knockdown in the eighth round ended the contest.
SHURRETTA METCALF UD10 over MIYO YOSHIDA
Shurretta Metcalf (14-4-1, 2 KOs) won the IBF bantamweight title from Miyo Yoshida (17-4, 0 KOs) via unanimous decision on Wednesday night in the main event of ProBox TV’s card. It was an evenly contested fight throughout with the scores coming in at 96-94, 97-93 and 99-91. The third card is ridiculous.
InTheCorner.net had it five rounds apiece.
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IBF junior middleweight champion Bakrahm Murtazaliev stopped Tim Tzyui in devastating fashion in the main event of Friday night’s PBC card on Amazon Prime. It was a spectacular showing for the 31-year old originally from Russia, as Tzyu’s come-forward style was perfectly made for him.
The Murtzaliev – Tzyu bout headlined the three televised fights on Amazon Prime, with one poor judging performance the only drawback of the event. All three fights featured plenty of action and the presentation was as good as we can expect from boxing telecasts these days. No major complaints.
BAKRAHM MURTAZALIEV KO3 TIM TZYU
Bakrahm Murtazaliev (23-0, 17 KOs) showed devastating power with both hands in stopping former champion Tim Tzyu (24-2, 17 KOs) in three rounds on Friday night in Orlando, FL. Tzyu was down three times in round two and once in round three. As Murtazaliev was pouring it on, Tzyu’s corner threw in the towel.
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There was plenty of boxing action overseas this weekend with the massive Beterbiev/Bivol matchup in Saudi Arabia while two separate championship cards were staged in Japan.
JUNTO NAKATANI KO6 OVER PETCH SOR CHITPATTANA
WBC bantamweight champion Junto Nakatani scored an explosive sixth-round KO over challenger Petch Sor Chitpattana in the second of two boxing cards from Japan this weekend. Nakatani (29-0, 22 KOs) outclassed his fellow southpaw and used his faster, heavier hands to decide the fight at the 2:59 mark with a second knockdown.
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Tagged Artur Beterbiev, Dimitry Bivol, Seyia Tsutsumi, Takuma Inoue
At the end of a long fight card that went way late into the night, Mikaela Mayer decisioned Sandy Ryan over 10 rounds in one of the best fights I’ve seen this year. Despite no knockdowns, this was an all-action contest with ebbs and flows throughout and nearly no slowdown from either fighter.
Mayer’s margins of victory were 97-93 and 96-94 with one judge seeing it at 95-95, making it a majority decision. I had it 96-94 Ryan and I feel that at worst for Ryan it was a draw, but 96-94 Mayer doesn’t bother me at all. 97-93 is getting off the trail a bit.
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VLADIMIR HERNANDEZ (15-6, 7 KOs) vs. RAUL GARCIA (13-1-1, 11 KOs) 10 Rounds, Junior Middleweights.
RD1 – Garcia more effective, scoring with the right through the southpaw guard Hernandez. 10-9 Garcia.
RD2 – Close round, both guys scored throughout. Hernandez’ shots heavier, Garcia more consistent. 10-9 Garcia, 20-18 Garcia.
RD3 – Great back-and-forth action, Garcia scored great against Hernandez’ pressure, but Hernandez got his in too. HERNANDEZ DOWN with about 30 seconds left. Ref gave him extra time, clock ran out. 10-8 Garcia.
RD4 – Garcia rocked him again and looked to be closing the show when Hernandez fought off the ropes and worked out of trouble. But the big left hand did tons of damage throughout. 10-9 Garcia, 40-35 Garcia.
RD5 – GARCIA DOWN a little under a minute in, and hurt badly. Got up on unsteady legs. Survived the rest of the round, got back into it toward the end. 10-8 Hernandez, 48-45 Garcia.
RD6 – Big first half for Hernandez, Garcia got it together the last 45 seconds. 10-9 Hernandez, 57-55 Garcia.
RD7 – A war of attrition. Hernandez heavier shots carry the day. 10-9 Hernandez, 66-65 Garcia.
RD8 – I was thinking about if I could give Garcia the round when GARCIA DOWN again with 45 seconds left. Not a huge punch. Garcia finished very strong. 10-8 Hernandez, 75-74 Hernandez.
RD 9 – Garcia rocked again but survived and finished pretty strong. Hernandez non-stop pressure. 10-9 Hernandez, 85-83 Hernandez.
RD10 – Garcia slight edge. More of the same the whole round. 10-9 Garcia, 94-93 Hernandez.
Official Scores: 94-93, 95-92, 96-91 Hernandez
JAYCOB GOMEZ (10-0-1, 6 KOs) vs. JERRY PEREZ (14-4-1, 11 KOs) 8 Rounds, Lightweights
Gomez (11-0-1, 7 KOs) TKO2 over Perez (14-5-1, 11 KOs)
RD1 – Lefty-righty matchup. Southpaw Gomez much more skilled, Perez throwing awkward shots. PEREZ DOWN late in the round from a left-right. 10-8 Gomez.
RD2 – PEREZ DOWN again almost one minute in. Clear mismatch. Perez got rocked and never recovered. 10-8
Fight stopped between rounds. Jaycob Gomez W, TKO2.
YOHANLER MARTINEZ (4-0, 2 KOs) vs. FRANYERSON PUERTA (5-4, 5 KO’s) 6-rounds, Middleweights
Martinez (5-0, 2 KOs) SD6 over Puerta (5-5, 5 KOs). 57-56, 57-56, 56-57.
RD1 – Martinez busier, sharper, definitely has the edge in skills. Puerta got there with some power shots. Won’t be routed by the undefeated Martinez. 10-9 Martinez.
RD2 – Martinez came out with fast combos, Puerta responded with heavy shots to the body. MARTINEZ DOWN with about 45 seconds left in the round. Perfect right hand with Martinez backed up in the corner. Martinez responded well. 10-8 Puerta, 19-18 Puerta.
RD3 – Martinez got back on his game, Puerta remained dangerous. Martinez fought out of the corner much better, didn’t get caught, punched his way out. 10-9 Martinez, 28-28.
RD4 – Very good round for Martinez, you could see his impressive skills. Puerta right there throwing heavy shots. 10-9 Martinez, 38-37 Martinez.
RD5 – Puerta got a tongue-lashing in between rounds and he went out and worked for it. Heavy shots throughout, Martinez slowed down. 10-9 Puerta, 47-47.
RD6 – Martinez back in control, landed power shots throughout the round by maintaining the right distance. Puerta walked through them, but didn’t get as much done. 10-9 Martinez, 57-56, Martinez.
Yoel Angeloni (4-0, 2 KOs) defeats Juan Carlos Campos Medina (3-1).
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