MATIAS STOPS GOLLAZ VALENZUELA IN 8

Subriel Matias (22-2, 22 KOs) punished Gabriel Gollaz Valenzuela over eight rounds and got a stoppage with an eighth-round knockout when the referee stopped the fight. Official time of the stoppage was 2:55.

The scheduled 12-round super lightweight contest headlined a fight card broadcast on DAZN from Coliseo Tomás Dones Hernández in Fajardo, Puerto Rico

Gollaz (30-4-1, 17 KOs) engaged throughout and landed his share of shots, but Matias’ packed the power that busted up Gollaz’ right eye, which caused the doctor to be called in twice. The fight continued both times, but Matias turned up the heat and finished it himself with the knockdown as round eight was coming to an end.

Matias, who held the IBF super lightweight title before losing it to Liam Paro in June of last year, called out IBF champion Richardson Hitchens after the fight. Tonight’s fight was between the IBF #3 and #4 at 140 pounds, with the top two spots vacant.

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ALFREDO SANTIAGO KO9 over. JAVIER FORTUNA (39-5-1, 28 KOs)
10 Rounds, Super Lightweights

Alfredo Santiago broke down veteran Javier Fortuna, forcing Fortuna’s corner to throw in the towel at the start of the ninth round. Santiago (17-2, 8 KOs) outclassed the 35-year old Fortuna scoring a knockdown in the eighth and dotting his right eye with a consistent jab that caused swelling from the fifth round on.

Fortuna (39-6-1, 28 KOs) came in way overweight at 146.6 for the 140-lb fight and came out from the opening bell on the offensive, as if he didn’t plan on being there long. Santiago had the advantage in power and reach and repeatedly found the mark with heavy shots.

At the start of round five, Fortuna settled back into his more crafty posture, appearing to work towards survival rather than pressing an attack in search of a win. It didn’t work out that way as Santiago’s attack shortened the evening by two rounds.

XOLISANI NDONGENI SD10 over NESTOR BRAVO

Xolisani Indongeni improved to 33-6 (19 KOs) as he outpointed previously unbeaten Nestor Bravo over 10 rounds in a super lightweight contest. Official scores were 95-94 Indongeni, 97-92 Bravo, 98-92 Indongeni

GERVONTA DAVIS, LAMONT ROACH WEIGHTS

Gervonta “Tank” Davis and Lamont Roach both made weight for their WBA lightweight title fight. Jose Valenzuela defends his WBA super lightweight title  against Gary Antuanne Russell in the co-main. The fight card takes place at Barclays Center in Brooklyn with Amazon Prime PPV broadcasting.

Official weights from Fightnews.com:

Gervonta Davis 133 vs. Lamont Roach 135

José Valenzuela 138.8 vs. Gary Antuanne Russell 138.2

Alberto Puello 139.2 vs. Sandor Martin 139.2

Yoenis Téllez 153.4 vs. Julian Williams 153.2

Jarrett Hurd 159.6 vs. Johan Gonzalez 158.8

David Whitmire 146.4 vs. Angel Muñoz 148.8

Deric Davis 138.2 vs. Jamal Johnson 140.8

Dwyke Flemmings Jr. 155 vs. Florent Dervis 155.2

Cristian Cangelosi 155 vs. Jarrod Tennant 155.8

NAKATANI STOPS CUELLAR IN 3

Junto Nakatani (30-0, 23 KOs) defended his WBC bantamweight title with a third round stoppage of Mexico’s David Cuellar (21-0, 8 KOs) in Tokyo. Nakatani hurt Cuellar to the body with a big left hand, sending the challenger to the canvas in pain for an eight-count. Cuellar got up but Nakatani swarmed him with power shots and ended the fight with another knockdown.

Cuellar fought bravely against the dominant champion, showing no fear in the face of power shots coming from various angles. But the shot to the body that dropped the challenger was a game-changer.

Nakatani staying and unbeaten and winning in dominant fashion just about a month after Naoya Inoue successfully defended his junior featherweight title keeps the hope alive for a super fight between the two lower-weight kings.

DIMITRY BIVOL WINS CLOSE DECISION OVER ARTUR BETERBIEV

By Steven Cummings

Dimitry Bivol reversed his fortunes by coming on down the stgretch against Artur Beterbiev and earning a majority decision win on Saturday. Bivol (24-1, 12 KOs) avenged his only pro loss, also a MD12, to Beterbiev last October.

Bivol won the first two rounds with sharper punches and more sustained action against Beterbiev, who came forward as always to press the action. But rounds four through six saw Beterbiev (21-1, 20 KOs) take control and outpunch Bivol, who wasn’t as mobile and much less effective with his shots.

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STEVENSON, PARKER GET NEW OPPONENTS

Two of the fights on Saturday’s stacked cards saw late replacements as fight night approached. The Shakur Stevenson – Floyd Schofield match saw Schofield bow out with in illness and Stevenson will now face Josh Padley (15-0, 4 KOs).

Also, the heavyweight clash between IBF heavyweight champion Daniel Dubois and Joseph Parker dropped out when Dubois fell ill. Replacing Dubois will be Martin Bakole (21-1, 16 KOs). Bakole last fought on the Riyadh show in California last August, blasting out Jared “Big Baby” Anderson in two rounds and has won 10 straight fights since his only loss in 2018.

DUARTE BREAKS DOWN MADUENO FOR KO7


By Steven Cummings @ ringside

Super lightweight Oscar Duarte came on strong against late sub Miguel Madueno to score a 7th round KO at The Honda Center in Anaheim, CA Saturday night. Duarte (29-2-1, 23 KOs), took a couple of rounds to get going before mounting a two-fisted attack and outgunned Madueno (31-3, 28 KOs) in an entertaining slugfest.

Madueno stepped in on late notice for an injured Regis Prograis, and it is hard to see how that matchup would have been better. Madueno came out for the opening bell with a purpose and took the first two rounds while Duarte stalked, looking for openings.

By the third round, Duarte found his groove and fired off power shots with both hands. Digging the body, Duarte clearly got a reaction from Madueno, who complained about low blows. But a lot of Duarte’s body work was legit and there was a clear shift in the fight during this frame.

In the fourth round, the momentum for Duarte continued and the Parral, Chihuahua native evened up the score at two rounds apiece.

The pattern continued through round five. In round six, Madueno made another run at getting his offense going and did his best work since the second. But Duarte was a machine at the point and still took the round. Duarte’s shots were doing clear damage.

The end came in round seven when Madueno was staggered by a right hand followed by a big left hook. Duarte’s followup attack left Madueno helpless on the ropes and Talor waved it off at 2:09.

It was a good showing for the late fill-in Madueno, but even better for Duarte. He was able to stop Madueno, who lasted the distance with new WBO lightweight champ Keyshawn Davis and former title challenger Steve Claggett. Duarte has now put together three straight wins since his stoppage loss to Ryan Garcia in December of 2023.

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DARIUS FULGHAM KO6 over WINFRED HARRIS JR.

Photo: Steven Cummings/InTheCorner.net

Undefeated Super middleweight Darius Fulgham (14-0, 12 KOs) outclassed Winfred Harris Jr. with a commanding fourth-round stoppage. Harris (22-3-2, 10 KOs) had his head right int he path of Fulgham’s power shots and went down in the second round before being overwhelmed in the fourth. Official time of the stoppage was 2:18.

RICARDO SANDOVAL UD10 over SALETO HENDERSON

 

Flyweight Ricardo Sandoval (26-2, 18 KOs) scored a one-sided decision victory over Saleto Henderson. After a couple of slow rounds, they had some two-way action in the third, but Sandoval swept the first five rounds. Henderson got some work done in the sixth and edged out the round as Sandoval took a bit of a break. But Sandoval, of Montclair, CA, handled it the rest of the way, with Henderson maybe taking the 10th round as he came out desperately. Official scores were 100-90, 100-90 and 98-92.

KENNETH SIMS JR. UD10 over KENDO CASTANEDA

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An entertaining welterweight contest saw Kenneth Sims Jr. (22-2-1, 8 KOs) get a unanimous decision over Kendo Castaneda (21-8, 9 KOs). The scores were pretty wide at 99-91, 99-91 and 98-92 but the action was back-and-forth throughout. Castanda cracked Sims at the end of round two and got a lot of power shots in throughout. Sims showed slick boxing skills and worked the body well with both hands. Sims got the better of the heavy action in rounds eight and nine before the two battled evenly in round 10. I had it much closer and would not have been surprised to see the decision go to Castaneda as his power shots seemed to outweigh some of Sims’ work. But Kenneth Sims Jr. showed great boxing skills and fought well against adversity.

JOEL IRIARTE KO2 over DAREL HARRIS

21-year old welterweight Joel Iriarte stayed perfect at 6-0 with his sixth KO as he badly outclassed Darel Harris (19-24-2, 14 KOs). Honestly not much to report here as Iriarte did as the old adage says: when you have an opponent that doesn’t belong in there with you, get him out of there. Iriarte did not mess around and the end came quick.

YAIR GALLARDO KO1 over CARLOS MIRANDA

Light Heavyweight Yair Gallardo (9-0, 8 KOs) of Mexico made quick work of Carlos Miranda (7-2, 3 KOs) of Honduras. Gallardo was ripping lethal shots to the body when the action was waved off at the 1:41 mark.

DANIEL GARCIA KO3 over FRANCISCO PACHECO

Unbeaten lightweight Daniel Garcia stayed that way with a commanding KO3 over Francisco Pacheco. Garcia (11-0, 9 KOs) showed no mercy on an overmatched opponent. Pacheco (7-4-2) was cut on the hairline from an accidental headbutt in the first. The end came at the 2:40 mark of round three.

GAEL CABRERA UD6 over ROBERTO PUCHETA

Mexico’s Gael Cabrera stayed undefeated with a six-round shutout of Roberto Pucheta as all three judges scored it 60-54. Cabrera moved to 7-0 with 4 KOs. Pucheta battled back over the last two rounds but saw his mark fall to 14-26-3, 8 KOs)

FABIAN GUZMAN KO1 over DANIEL LIM

Fabian Guzman of Orange, CA stayed perfect with a KO1 over Daniel Lim to move to 7-0 with 7 KOs. The middleweight bout was stopped at 2:59 after Lim (11-4, 3 KOs) hit the floor twice.

JAVIER MEZA KO2 over LYLE MCFARLANE

Super lightweight Javier Meza of Amarillo, TX went to 2-0 with his second KO as he stopped Lyle McFarlane (3-7, 1 KO). Meza was much sharper from the opening bell. McFarlane went down in the second round and believed he had been knocked down, but referee Ray Armendariz ruled it a slip or a push. Meza got right on him and sent him through the middle ropes to prompt the stoppage. Offical time was 2:15.

KEVIN GUDINO KO3 over RAFAEL CASTILLO

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La Puente, CA’s Kevin Gudino moved to 2-0 with his second KO by stopping Rafael Castillo (2-5, 1 KO) in the third round of their super bantamweight contest. The southpaw Gudino landed all the big shots and it was apparent early on there was a big difference in skill levels. Offiicial time of the stoppage was 0:35 of round three.

KEYSHAWN DAVIS STOPS BERINCHYK FOR WBO LIGHTWEIGHT TITLE

Keyshawn Davis lifted the WBO lightweight title from Denis Berinchyk with a commanding fourth-round stoppage on Friday night at Madison Square Garden in New York. Davis (13-0 9 KOs) floored Berinchyk (19-1, 9 KOs) in the third round with a left hook to the body. The end came at 1:45 of the fourth after Davis buried two more body shots.

Junior middleweight Xander Zayas improved to 21-0 (19 KOs) with a TKO9 over Slawa Spomer (20-1, 11 KOs). Official time of the stoppage was 2:01.

Abdullah Mason (17-0, 15 KOs) used heavy hands to stop Manuel Jaimes (16-3-1, 11 KOs) at 1:55 of the fourth round. James was down a total of four times.

Keyshawn Davis’ brother Keon Davis (2-1, 1 KO) dominated Ira Johnson (3-3, 2 KOs) for a second round stoppage.

Jared “Big Baby” Anderson (18-1, 15 KOs) got back in the win column with a unanimous decision over Marios Kolias (12-4-1, 10 KOs). Over the course of the 10 rounds, Anderson wasn’t dominant but did enough to win by scores of 99-91, 99-91 and 98-92.

Juan Guerra Jr. (6-1-1, 2 KOs) won a split decision over Nico Ali Walsh (11-2, 5 KOs) in a six-rounder. Scores were 58-56, 58-56 and 56-58.

DUARTE – MADUENO WEIGHTS

Oscar Duarte and Miguel Madueno made weight for their super lightweight fight at The Honda Center in Anaheim, CA. Madueno is a replacement for Regis Prograis who suffered a shoulder injury in training.

Golden Boy is promoting with DAZN broadcasting live.

Weights (from FightNews.com):

OSCAR DUARTE – 140
MIGUEL MADUENO – 140

DARIUS FULGHUM – 167.6
WINFRED HARRIS JR. – 166.4

RICARDO SANDOVAL – 111.4
SALETO HENDERSON – 107

KENNETH SIMS JR. – 146.4
KENDRO CASTANEDA – 146.8

JOEL IRIARTE – 146.8
DAREL HARRIS – 143

YAIR GALLARDO – 175.2
CARLOS MIRANDA – 179

DANIEL GARCIA – 134.6
FRANCISCO PACHECO – 134.8

GAEL CABRERA – 121.8
ROBERTO PUCHETA -120.8

FABIAN GUZMAN – 159.2
DANIEL LIM – 160

JAVIER MEZA – 143.6
LYLE MCFARLANE – 142.2

KEVIN GUDINO – 119.4
RAFAEL CASTILLO – 120

BERINCHYK – DAVIS WEIGHTS

WBO lightweight champion Denys Berinchuk and challenger Keyshawn Davis both made weight for Friday night’s title match at Madison Square Garden.

Berinchyk (19-0, 9 KOs) won the vacant title in May of last year with a split decision victory over Emanuel Navarrette. Davis (12-0, 8 KOs), a 2020 Olympic silver medalist, last fought in November, stopping Gustavo Daniel Lemos in two rounds.

Top Rank is promoting with ESPN+ brodcasting live.

DENYS BERINCHYK – 134.6
KEYSHAWN DAVIS 134.2

XANDER ZAYAS 153.2
SLAWA SPOMER – 153.2

VITO MIELNICKI JR. – 159.4
CONNOR COYLE – 158.8

JUANMITA LOPEZ DE JESUS – 113.8
BRYAN SANTIAGO
– 113.6

ABDULLAH MASON – 136.2
MANUEL JAIMES – 137

ROHAN POLANCO – 146.4
JEAN CARLOS TORRES – 147

KEON DAVIS – 149.2
IRA JOHNSON – 148.2

JARED ANDERSON – 256.8
MARIOS KOLLIAS – 235.4

NIC0 ALI WALSH – 157.2
JUAN CARLOS GUERRA – 157.8

FIGHT WEEK: DUARTE vs. MADUENO

Super lightweight Oscar Duarte takes on Miguel Madueno on Saturday evening at The Honda Center in Anaheim, CA. Madueno is a replacement for originally scheduled Regis Prograis who suffered an injury in training.

The broadcast will be on DAZN starting at 5PM Pacific time.

The DAZN website has all the details HERE.